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Topic: Id of Large Old Victorian ? Jug (Read 2072 times)

I bought this old jug at a car boot this morning, although quite dirty it just looked good quailty, its cleaned up perfect, my first thought is Victorian, its hand made with a polished pontil and the base does show quite a lot of ware, I did wonder if the etching or cutting was done at a later date, it stands 11" tall and weighs 1.2kgs, around the neck there are visible lines which I believe are called striation which I know can be found on early glass, I also wondered if the glass would glow under a UV light a little not sure as it was a little too light to tell although the base and handle did glow a soft green